A MOTHER STANDS GUARD

June 24, 2011

A mother killdeer bird stands over her nest as a hatchling pokes its head from the egg in the gravel parking lot of the Henry Arena, a horse riding facility at Poor House Farm Park near Martinsburg. The killdeer’s nest is merely a shallow depression or bowl in the ground. Locals have placed traffic cones around the nest to warn drivers to park away from it.Journal photo by Ron Agnir